Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-06

ing than to early cutting. If the heads
are well filled out and hang down and
begin to take on the bright goldencolor
it is time to commence the harvest. 1t
has probably grown all it will If the
bundles are made and put in the stock
on bright, warm day it may be done
as fast as cut, without any waiting for
it to dry. The stocks being upright
the moisture will evaporate and pass off
without trouble. If there are, as there
should not be, many large. green weeds
in the grain, they should be thrown out
before binding, not only because. they
may not cure well and will mold the
straw and grain, but because their seeds
should not be in the grain. Some of
them are not good feed for either man
or beast. *
HOW TO MAKE VIENNA BREAD.
Many a good housewife who visited
the Centennial Exposition at Philadel-
phia determined that she would make
bread equal to that baked at the Wen
ma bakery, and she has since tried,
and tried in vain. The fault, however,
is not in the making or the baking Of
the bread, but the flour. The Hunga-
rian fours used at the Vienna bakeries
are better than any in this country;
that is they contain more gluten. The
gluten Of the four-is the body whose
tenacity and elasticity, when in the
dough, enables it to hold the bubbles Of
gas which are formed in the process OF
rising. and consequently flour which
is deficient in gluten cannot make a
light bread. The gluten however when
present in sufficient amount, must be
in such a physical condition as not to
be injured and diseolored by the fer
mentation which goes on in the dough
through the action of the yeast. The
methods of milling are, of course, res
ponsible for the condition in which the
gluten is left in the flour originally, but
the length of time and manner in which
the flour is stored and preserved have
their ultimate effect upon it. The
Hungarian fours average 81 per cent
OF moist gluten, while that from the
Minnesota mills averages only 20 per
cent. May we not hope for an improve
ment in the character of our wheats,
and also for better methods of milling,
that will produce the very best quality
of fonrp Meanwhile few bushels Of
homegrown wheat OF rye ground at
a country mill will afford excellent
bread, the staff of life.
MAKING Hay.
There has not been much opportunity
for cutting grass early this year, or any
great necessity for it. The backward
ness of the season has prevented it
from ripening on the dry knobs, or
from lodging in rich and moist places
as it has done in some years before
in July.
Thanks to moving machines, ted
ders. horse rakes, and horse forks it
does not take as long as it used to
take to get the hay upon a. farm. If
the beginning is little later than
usual it is possible to crowd the work
fast, and it may be well to put few
of such long days, from sun to sun, as
our grandfathers used to make. If
the evening from until o'clock, and
the same time in the morning is spent
in cutting grass, and the rest of the day
in stirring, raking and putting it in
the barn a great deal may be handled,
and the hay will not need as much
labor expended upon it as if the fore
noon was spent in moving and the
afternoon in raking and drawing in.
By this method the hay will be sweet,
nutritious and get well cured.
Whatever else the farmer neglects he
must not neglect to keep the weeds
down during this next month, if he ex-
poets to have good crop this year, or
land clear of weed seeds next year.
No time on the farm is spent to better
advantage than that of destroying the
weeds in July and August, before they
ripen any seed, yet many farmers think
after the Fourth of July the crops will
take care of themselves, and keep the
weeds back SO they will do no injury.
This is a mistake. Potatoes and even
corn will be injured by weeds that come
from the seed after the first of July, but
the injury to the land by filling it with
weed seeds, and increasing the labor Of
cultivation another season at least three
fold, is even greater.
HINTS FOR THE THOUGHTFUL.
Sow Hungarian grass now.
When your wheat is ready to cut at
tend to it at once.
The Georgia watermelon crop is go
ing to be immense.
Down in Texas they call mule ..the
power behind the throne. =
The first lesson in cattle-raising is to
learn to love and pet the cattle.
All kinds of stock except sheep and
swine have decreased in value in Dako-
ia.
The progressive farmer always keeps
ahead of the weeds.
Employ extra help for the kitchen as
well as the field during, harvest.
Give, breeding cows the run of Glow
er field all through the summer if you
can.
Stable manure, says Professor Cham
berlain, of Iowa, is the best fertilizer on
earth.
Poultry thrive in orchards and dothe
orchards much good, for they kill many
insects. $50